Tintagel Castle

Cornwall, England

A dramatic castle site on Cornwall's north coast, built by Richard, Earl of Cornwall, in the 13th century across an earlier high-status settlement associated with extensive post-Roman occupation.

Visiting

Current condition

Ruins

Open to the Public · Admission: Paid

Ticketed public attraction; seasonal opening and weather-related closures can apply

Official website

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Record details

Castle Road, Tintagel, Cornwall, PL34 0HE

Medieval clifftop castle with earlier Romano-British and early medieval settlement

Fragmentary ruins with substantial archaeological remains on island and mainland

13th-century castle, begun in the 1230s; earlier Roman and early medieval occupation

Scheduled Monument · 1014793

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